Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Happy March!

Can you believe it's March already? As March heralds the start of Autumn here in Australia I was inspired by the colour orange and falling leaves to create this month's calendar vignette. I made a necklace out of paper letters I bought at Kate's Paperie and wrapped lots of gingham ribbons and pleated trim around the neck of our vintage French Mannequin. This month we are opening our back displays at Black & Spiro again. This is the third time we have redecorated the 2 back rooms since our re-opening last year. We are using lots of orange and lavender. I can't wait to unveil them in the coming weeks. Happy March Everyone!

Thanks Sharnel! Glad you are enjoying the calendar vignettes! Just trying to do a few new different things on the blog to try to keep it interesting..! I'm really enjoying creating them too which is great.

Kate - I think I could wear this ensemble as a necklace too! Love lots of necklaces on at once!! Thanks also for your lovely post about my brother's new blog, sam's table! He is having a lot of fun!

March! yeah! :-) .. and tomorrow is my BELOVED sister's b-day. :-) I just love her so much!

March means that we're getting closer to Spring here in North America (I'm in Canada btw), but it will not feel like spring to me until late April, mid May. Yep.. It will take a while still... but it's better than nothing, right?

How's Fall in Australia? Does it get chilly? I hope you have a beautiful and colorful Autumn... as these pictures, Anne.

I established this blog in 2006 so that I could record my inspirations, my thoughts and my work as an Interior Designer. Based in Brisbane, Australia, my store Black & Spiro is always filled with a unique collection of interesting things which we scour the globe to find. I am most passionate about my family, my career, tradition, collecting, flowers, fabric, gardening, colour and quality and I will always strive to be creative and extraordinary in everything I do. I hope I can inspire you to live a bright and colourful life surrounded by the things you love.